Yes, you can re-enact a historical event *even before* it has occurred. Come on, you intrepid Pirate-Sons of Bengal, get your miniDVs out and put this sucka up on YouTube!
Wow! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. They made a Jatra after Dhananjay's hanging as well. Probably this time they used that experience to make it faster, even before the hanging.
Joy: But it's no different from that film that made news recently for its depiction of the president's assasination. I applaud the Jatra performers and writers for dealing with contemporary issues.
Btw, I responded to the exact same tag a few days ago :)
You can count on us Bongs for leading the way when it comes to contemporary social commentary. We're so cutting edge that we get a little ahead of ourselves at times.
Uh... it's OK then. Must have missed it as I was on vacation and out of the Blogosphere at that time.:)
As for the Jatras, they do depict contemporary issues. However, for obvious reasons, they often tend to distort the reality. Like in Dhananjay's case they made it into a romantic love story with a heroine and all. Ordinarily that isn't bad (think of the movie Titanic) but when it starts distorting the reality then it becomes ridiculous.
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Wow! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. They made a Jatra after Dhananjay's hanging as well. Probably this time they used that experience to make it faster, even before the hanging.
By the way, you have been tagged.
Joy: But it's no different from that film that made news recently for its depiction of the president's assasination. I applaud the Jatra performers and writers for dealing with contemporary issues.
Btw, I responded to the exact same tag a few days ago :)
You can count on us Bongs for leading the way when it comes to contemporary social commentary. We're so cutting edge that we get a little ahead of ourselves at times.
Uh... it's OK then. Must have missed it as I was on vacation and out of the Blogosphere at that time.:)
As for the Jatras, they do depict contemporary issues. However, for obvious reasons, they often tend to distort the reality. Like in Dhananjay's case they made it into a romantic love story with a heroine and all. Ordinarily that isn't bad (think of the movie Titanic) but when it starts distorting the reality then it becomes ridiculous.
Cutting edge, no?
szerelem: totally. bleeding edge.
Excellent, exquisite triple reference! I went out looking for a lyric and never came back.
Expecting Rain,
--MrJ
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